It’s going to be difficult to collect for anything past the first set of items if they don’t fix the issues with the presents. Myself and many friends are being directed to the gift page when collecting presents and not getting them. I was so glad to see this bulletin announcing other sets of items because I was not impressed with the first set of items to redeem for, at all!! Seriously? Who wants an Ice Cube?

i just calculated it and in order to get only one of each item (and i know we all want more that only one ice cube, one ice fence and one mystery box) it would cast 1564 PRESENTS! that’s just ridiculous even for Zynga, who steals your stuff right from its place on your farm, and depending on their mode that day either decides to give you nothing in return but a “Sorry Farmer” or if your lucky a mere 20F$ ,which in turn would only be lost i a glitch, and sent to another farmer who they arent not even smart enough to see, hacks farmville! IN THE NAME OF CHRISTMAS I WILL NOT WRITE WHAT I AM FEELING, BUT ZYNGA NEEDS TO GET THERE ACT TOGETHER!

Last year I got enough fuel to carry me thru this year. There was some excitement not knowing what was going to be in the packages. This year, just a slight variation of what Zynga rolls out monthly. A slightly different sheep, gnome, house….What..no funky fountain or topiary? Did Topiary Dude get laid off? Not impressed, and far too much effort to harrass my neighbors to send me “gifts”. Guess that’ll leave me more time for the real holiday. These are things I won’t bother fighting the white screen for…click…refresh….freeze…click..cuss..refresh…load bits….refresh….Never mind. Merry Christmas to everyone!

Well, I’m not stopping before I get that most beautiful horse! I’ve been drooling over it since it first appeared. What a beautiful Christmans if I manage to get it! Wish me luck! There’s other cool stuff too, but the horse comes first!

I don’t know about you guys, but last year I got too many multiple crappy items. At least here if you can save, you get a darn horse that would have cost about 26 FVC. Yea, a lot of saving, but they are better then owning 30 nutcrackers, 20 ornaments, 7 sheep, 15 gray cats and a hundred brown cows.

Just found out from a friend that the whimsy gift can contain a snow stallion so ofc I bought one and sent it to friends. Opened mine and got….. a penguin. The same stupid penguin that was “lost” awhile back. This stallion is breedable too… I’ve seen the foals. So now the question is- do I blow all of my gifts on these whimsy ones on the chance that I’ll eventually get the snow stalllion or should I just wait for the sure thing (white gypsy horse).

So, I’m just a little confused.
Even if we redeem our presents for prizes, is it still like last year where we get to open the presents we receive on Christmas? Or is redeeming the presents all we get?

When I hover over my tree, it tells me that I am (whatever number) away from the sneezy sheep which isn’t visible when you ‘look inside.’

Also, someone asked about SURPRISES. That’s what the presents are for. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think that when you claim any of these lesser items, you get to share 5 “presents” (NOT gifts) with friends… They are then under the present tab with a note that they cannot be opened until December 25th.

I am still unsure what we’re going to do with the cookies, wrapping paper and christmas lights we have been sending (and receiving one when you send!) to help friends complete missions. Something similar to the Thanksgiving Feast, I imagine.

On an unrelated note, I have a teenie tiny gripe… I wish the turkey roost would stop giving me fruit cake! I don’t have my feast on my farm anymore, and you can’t sell it for anything. I’d like a turkey when harvesting, please.

when the items pops up redeem it then..it didnt take away from my spendable count unless i purposely redeem the given ones….. You guys can add me im a breeder i get all rare items/ animalshttp://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/Jodiann85

Y’all whine when nothin cool is for coins but when it’s free you all complain because you need more neighbors. Endless BooooHoooo get over it create 18 alt profile get extra farmcash and have enough neighbors to get cool items. Soo what if it’s cheating it’s not like Zynga is magically gunna listen to you all and make everything cool and easy to get.

I got a Snow Stallion (White Gypsy Stallion) from a winter whimsy box. I’ve also gotten the ice house. These only take 10 presents, so try your luck! I got mine after only 4 tries. So I just got a PERMA STALLION (yes it operates like a true stallion in your stable) for 40 gift boxes! Can’t beat that!

I got the stupid penguin too, lol.. but hey B, am I your neighbor cause I’m at 377 but I do have a lot of active neighbors… when I reached 300 something changed inside the tree, I got to see the stallion and it showed it redeemable for 500 gifts.. I clicked on redeem and it said I didn’t have enough but did I want to pay 200 fv cash to get it? I didn’t because I’ll have enough by tomorrow. If you look in your tree you will see the comparison and next to it the whimsy gifts that people sent you. When you redeem a whimsy gift you get to send it to 5 people… but these can’t be opened before Christmas… I have a feeling this is going to be our presents this year. I would hold off on buying or redeeming for the stallion until you see if you get it in the whimsy gifts.

I am really confused here. have been accepting gifts and not redeeming yet anything, like that sheep. Now I can’t find them anymore form anywhere. What the heck? Where are those things? Can anyone tell me????

Wow. I’m going to cry. I’m so disappointed with Zynga. I loved last year’s tree where you just saved up gifts and got to open them all on Christmas. Sure there might have been repeats like cats, cows, and ornaments… but other than some of those, I got some other really cool animals, mystery boxes, and even farm cash! I also received tons of fuel which was able to last me through the whole year. Now I’m just disappointed that I’m going to open presents and it wont be bunches of fuel, it’ll be some crappy gift like a stupid ice cube.

Also, I’m so sick of all these holidays, where you have to collect all of these dishes, valentines, gold, etc. There’s no point to collect these holiday gifts for crappy stuff. I’m so very, very disappointed. Guess I am not having a Farmville Christmas. Oh well…

i am confused about one thing. i passed on the chance to redeem for the fox and the bear etc. because i want the horse first. once i said no it vanished. If i change my mind and decide i want one of those, how do i pull it back up? Am i overlooking another listing?

hi guys just worked it out if you go mad a n buy the snow stallion for fv cash it works out at about £50 not a bad profit for something you only see on a game site ill be waiting too see if i win one merry christmas all

This is a HUGE disappointment. Anything that even remotely deals with “ice” is waaay to “cold” for me. The whole gift giving presents available at this time now leaves me cold and just plain sad. Of all the holiday ideas Zynga could come up with…they sure picked one that turns me away. Why couldn’t the game guru come up with a Christmas tree with lights that twinkle? Now that would be worth my time. None of the lights glow or twinkle. I know with all the problems the game is experiencing lately it might be a little overwhelming, but it’s Christmas, and I hoped for a little better effort than “ice” cubes, statues, etc.

I have lots of presents but is there anyway to redeem gifts with them AFTER the little box pops up saying I have enough to trade in for, say, the Kodiak Bear? I got the pop-up box and my browser crashed. When I went back to see what I could trade my gifts in for, there were only 6 items available (I think the gnome was the last one). Anyone have an answer for this, or am I just misunderstanding how this works?

Jim Says:
Posted on December 10th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
“I am amazed how people thought to top prize was the gnome elf and were moaning and groaning how terrible this Christmas at Farmville was..now see who is laughing now.”

Jim, you’re and arrogant, self-righteous, @$$hole. The only people laughing are the ones laughing at you for wasting your time posting something so obnoxious. Get over yourself already. Its pathetic.

I am having the same issue. As I have over 300 neighbours getting the presents isnt an issue. However I went to redeem for the fox & got nothing!!! When I went to look at the things I could redeem the presents for the highest value one was the blasted gnome. Zynga need to make sure things work before releasing it or else what is the point? All they get is bloody annoyed players!

I already have a mini black stallion. but wouldnt mind the Snow one. However I really wanted that fox. Am so annoyed right now.
Yet another Zynga stuff up. Merry Christmas from Zynga who dont give a damn who they screw over in their rush to get things out without making sure they work first. Just the latest glitch in a list of so many

WOW I bought ONE whimsey present & got the Snow Stallion!!! So much easier than saving up 500 pressies lol. Although I already have 437 of those too so I wasnt far off either way. Also for the ten pressies you spend on the whimsey you get to send one to five friends too. How neat is that?

So, apparently, you should definately spend a lot of money on a FREAKING FACEBOOK GAME…..to get decorations for a farm on a FREAKING FACEBOOK GAME? Wow. Thumb me down all you want. My bank account will not weep.

Does anyone bother to read these posts or do they just hit “comment” and start ranting? Above it says that the second selection of redeemables will be available after 12/16. I’m pretty sure it’s only 12/12 right now. It is popping up those windows probably because a) that feature is already programmed in so they don’t have to roll out another tree update after 12/16. b) just to let you know that there are other things to collect for besides that first batch of gifts?

I have collected 2500 tree gift .And have 2 snow Horses and gift the other 2 to Friends Wont they be surprized christmas when they get to open my gift and cant wait for the other stuff to come out I want and will have 2 or 3 of each..Yes I love it this year Is awsome. Thank you Zynga For such a fun game..

I would guess that you’re correct – people comment without digesting every piece of information. It indeed has been clearly stated that the second batch of items will not be available until the 16th. So let’s all relaaax.

HOWEVER – let’s sympathize with the millions of people out there who do NOT check, or even know about this web site. To them, that pop up indication stating that they can now redeem an item that is not available yet is very misleading, and I’m sure frustrating. I am surprised that there is no indication or clarification on Farmville itself, stating that these items aren’t available until a certain date.

Presents are Winter Whimsy Gifts that other people have sent you. When purchasing a Winter Whimsy Gift, you can send 5 to your selected neighbors. These neighbors receive these as “Presents” which cannot be opened until Christmas. You, however, the person who just redeemed the Whimsy Gift, can find your gift in your gift box and open it immediately.
The comparison tab does not take into account the presents you have received from other neighbors. It is only counting the Holiday Gifts you have collected.

The only thing I am unsure of is whether the Whimsy Gifts that we share with our 5 neighbors contain the exact same item that we receive ourselves.

If anyone needs a neighbor so they can get more simply ask and I’ll accept most for the Christmas stuff!! I’ll help if I can! I can’t see but 7 gifts when I click to see under my tree!! And the tree and elf dingy is gone so I guess that’s it after you do 3 sets of things??? I don’t know, their explanations of everything stinks, and most things don’t work right. I know they have millions of people on here, but I drove an 18 wheeler and the saying out there was if you can’t take the heat get out of the kitchen!!! So if you can’t do it right why bother!!!! Catherine

I reported a glitch in the program, and it was verified and sent back to the producer. I broke the bank at 300. Instead of getting the artic fox, I was told that I needed to reach 500; the next gift is the horse, which I am not interested in. I sent a few small gifts, and re-built my count back to 300. The picture of the fox came up and I accepted it, the dialog boxes came up to offer gifts to friends. Ok. No fox again, and it wasn’t published. Someone said they published the horse, and he got that. I’m waiting now for repairs so I can get the fox. There was also a bear offered for 300, but that was changed to a fox, at least I didn’t see the bear; just the fox.

I got the pop-up for both the sheep and bear but I was in the middle of something so I didn’t redeem for either, I tried to come back and do it later but can’t find where they are. Were those a one time only offer or is there a place to find them?

Ok, but how do you redeem them? Twicw now I have gotten to Pegasus, it tells me I can redeem, I click ok and it takes me into the tree with only the first 6 gifts availabe and the stallion on the next page. I can’t redeem for Pegasus, ice house, fox or Kodiac.
Anyone have any advice>

I real enjoyed the seasonal fountains that FV had ! None this season ?
They should implement a way to take gifts from your box and send to a specific
neighbor in a Trade / Barter . I get way too many sheep ! ( not post on wall )

OK SO MY PROBLEM IS SIMPLE, AND SORRY IF IT WAS ASKED OR OBVIOUS, BUT I HAD PURCHASED THE STALLION SO I FIGURED ILL COLLECT MORE UNTIL I HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE FOX AND THE BEAR TOGETHER AS I STARTED COLLECTING I IGNORED THE POP UP FOR BOTH OF THEM (I WANTED TO PURCHASE THEM AT THE SAME TIME) AND NOW I CANNOT FIND THEM OR A WAY HOW TO DO IT! I HAVE 20 LESS TO GET ANOTHER STALLION, BUT I DO NOT WANT IT AGAIN! PLEASE SOME ONE HELP ME! IF NO OTHER WAY, THEN IM PROBABLY GONNA PURCHASE ANOTHER HORSE =(

Everyone is asking the same question? I tried to redeem the Kodiak Bear and wooo redeemed the whimsy and got fuel…where is my bear? I also have no sheep, tinsel tree or pegasus. The only thing I have managed to score is the ice house. One of my neighbours has all the gifts???
1. Do your neighbours get the gift when you post to them instead of you?
2. Is the redeemed gift in your present box to open on 25th?
3. Could some enlightened reader please let us all know….thanks.

Even with exchanging gifts every day, I am only up to 190. I’ll never be able to get everything I want. This whole promo has been frustrating. I was excited because I thought we might be able to harvest the workshops, but that hasn’t happened. Without that I have no chance of getting enough gifts. (BTW, there are lots of gifts on the feed, but usually they are already gone when I click.) I could add more neighbors, but I have trouble managing the ones I have (80+, not all active). Maybe someone can clue me in. Trish???!!! Are those of you with many neighbors using the farmbot? How do you do it?

Do I even need to mention the presents? I haven’t given or received any yet. I’ll be lucky if I have a few to open on Christmas. While I like these prizes, I miss last year’s format.

My husband and I have been collecting like crazy (no this is not ANOTHER complaint about the bear and fox). Usually we collect a 75 to a hundred or so and then go in and “use” them. At first when we would do this it a pop up would appear every ten gifts or so to “share” extra presents. This still works when I do it, but my husband has “used” 250 or more presents in the last day and a half and not one of those pop ups has come up. Anyone else having this problem? He thinks it’s because he has gathered 1171 gifts.

i hav these 2 other accnts on fb nd i keep re-gifting frm the other 2 accnts 2 my real – “actual accnt” …but in these few days i hav only gathered lyk 155 gifs….last yr Christmas celebration in farmville was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy better …atleast there was sum suspence of wht we get in each gift…..but this yr….christmas just b’came another occassion where we collect sooo many gifts and REDEEM STUFF…..!!!

@ sam, well it says that the kodiak bear will be available after the 16th well it’s the 21st so i click on it, it says i do not have enough gifts when i do have enough so do you want to tell me why i can’t redeem anything??

My mom got THREE Snow Stallions.She got one out of a Winter Whimsy and she bought two of them. The only reason she doesn’t have everything is because she doesn’t want everything. And I also got a Snow stallion out of a Winter Whimsy!

The only thing I really care for is the animals on the tree. There’s one heckuva lot of items to acquire this holiday season. 200 presents for a bear from the holiday tree, 300 presents to get a fox from the tree, 500 for the horse. Level 5 of the train-60 items, level 6 of the train 75 items, level 7 of the train 90 items, level 8 of the train 120 items, level 9 of the train 150 items, level 10 of the train 180 items. Level 4 of the sleigh 54 items, level 5 of the sleigh 72 items, level 6 of the sleigh 96 items……..whew!! Don’t know which one to pick….not enough neighbors. I’ll probably just leave my train and sleigh at level 4 for now….just go for presents to get animals from the tree.and try to complete the quests. Not enough neighbors people for this cat to do all of these.

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